Definition of Maelstroms

1. Noun. (plural of maelstrom) ¹

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Definition of Maelstroms

1. maelstrom [n] - See also: maelstrom

Lexicographical Neighbors of Maelstroms

madworts
madzoon
madzoons
madzoun
mae
maedi
maedi virus
maegashira
maegbot
maegbote
maegth
maegthen
maelid
maelids
maelstrom
maelstroms (current term)
maenad
maenades
maenadic
maenadism
maenadisms
maenads
maenor
maenors
maerl
maerls
maes
maestoso
maestosos
maestri

Literary usage of Maelstroms

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. In Northern Mists: Arctic Exploration in Early Times by Fridtjof Nansen (1911)
"But it is also conceivable that the various currents in northern waters may have furnished food for these constantly recurring ideas about maelstroms and ..."

2. The Co-operative Commonwealth: An Exposition of Socialism by Laurence Gronlund (1900)
"The smaller capitalists the crises swallow up like veritable maelstroms. These maelstroms, the crises, then, are the direct production of private enterprise ..."

3. The Canadian Monthly and National Review by William White (1875)
"The Sphinx. only to the dulness of our hearing ; and could our ears catch the murmur of these tiny maelstroms, as they whirl in the innumerable myriads of ..."

4. The Canadian Monthly and National Review by William White (1875)
"The Sphinx. only to the dulness of our hearing ; and could our ears catch the murmur of these tiny maelstroms, as they whirl in the innumerable myriads of ..."

5. The Paraclete: An Essay on the Personality and Ministry of the Holy Ghost by Joseph Parker (1875)
"... and could our ears catch the murmurs of these tiny maelstroms, as they whirl in the innumerable myriads of living cells which constitute each tree, ..."

6. The Coöperative Commonwealth in Its Outlines: An Exposition of Modern Socialism by Laurence Gronlund (1884)
"The smaller capitalists the crises swallow up like veritable maelstroms. These maelstroms: the crises, then, are the direct production of Private Enterprise ..."

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